Last season was a rough one for the Kansas State Men’s Basketball team, not only on the court but off the court as well.

The Wildcats suffered their first losing season in more than a decade last year and as soon as the season was over the team lost more than just their seniors on the team. In all Kansas State lost nine players from last years squad including the dismissals of leading scorer Marcus Foster and freshman Tre Harris. After talking with the team it’s clear they just want to move on.

Wesley Iwundu explained that he made that decision following the season ending loss to TCU last year in the Big 12 tournament.

“When I went into that locker room I said the season is over with so I’m going to start a new chapter and get things turned back around,” said Iwundu.

During Thursday’s Media Day at Kansas State Coach Bruce Weber said that the players have told him they’re tired of talking about last season.

“I just said this is how we deal with it, it’s over, done with, we’re moving forward. We’ve got a good group of guys, we enjoy each other, we practice hard, we want to have a great season, and that’s all we can focus on,” said Weber.

Looking ahead to this season Kansas State was picked tied at 8th with TCU in the Big 12 preseason poll, in-state rival Kansas has been pegged to win their 12th conference title in a row.

“I’m not expecting anyone to pick us to be a top team or anything, because based on last year it’s a new team, new look and we’re just ready to go out there and play and have fun with everything,” said Iwundu.

Kansas State will kick off the season with two exhibition games starting on October 30th against Emporia State and November 6th against Fort Hays State. This year’s non-conference schedule includes six potential matchups against teams that participated in the postseason a year ago, including three from the 2015 NCAA Tournament.